When Obscurity Beckhams (with Macferret)

This started as a different song with Tim (macferret) playing guitar but I ran out of ideas and steam and it fell into disrepair. Luckily Graeme had written a song that he thought might work with this sort of backing.

Traitor or hero?
Well he didn't go for his football career (from what I read he was pretty undistinguished in LA). Most people reckon he went for the money despite earning around $200,000 a week in Spain. I'm not so sure. He had a flagging career and fancied living in LA is my view. Not a traitor but neither a hero.

Graeme was being quite kind about him I thought and imagining what he would be like if he hadn't been famous.

When Obscurity Beckhams
I dunno what you consider this but for me its so cool ...all sounds used
so great and powerful ..everything sounds right and at it place ...great
singing ..the guitar touch just a thrill ..Hats off for you gentlemen !!
top notch work ..thnx alot for sharin !!!!

window rattler
that is some cool deep bass.
the electronic additions add a excellent spaciness. the minimum guitar is a nice touch as well.
Then there's Dick a top the stadium laying out vocals for the crowd to hear and cheer.
a excellent listen!

What they said...
Well, the 5 or 6 before me understand this kind of music much better than I do, but I can still chime in (can't I?) with Kudos for the superior production quality of this track. I DO love the vocals, though I do wish I could understand the lyrics. My problem: crappy hearing these days.... Oh, oops. The number just...e-n-d-e-d. You probably didn't intend that.
Peace.
Paul

The end was not there!!
When you bounce from Logic it gives you a start and end point and I must have put in the wrong bar! That'll teach me to listen to the whole track instead of checking the first 30 seconds.

The lyrics are about a very big celebrity, David Beckham, and poses the question of what he would have been like had he not been famous and the very boring answer is probably very ordinary. It's an exercise in the nature of fame and is part of our new musical "Celebrity Torture".

What they said...
Well, the 5 or 6 before me understand this kind of music much better than I do, but I can still chime in (can't I?) with Kudos for the superior production quality of this track. I DO love the vocals, though I do wish I could understand the lyrics. My problem: crappy hearing these days.... Oh, oops. The number just...e-n-d-e-d. You probably didn't intend that.
Peace.
Paul

Ha Ha Ha
yes - very like Zappa - attack targets that need attacking - and of course these days the pickings have never been richer - this is called putting music to good use - spitting image did it as well - enough of my cynicism.

Great track - clever title as well, I did feel though that a little less effect on the voice would have made the lyrics more defined, but of course that may well be my rock scarred lugs not being as efficient as maybe they could be - in other words my hearing is not the best.

DWL does DVB
Firstly, great title. Secondly, Dick does dub - wow! Thirdly, the lyrics made me wee with laughter. Ever seen 'Star Stories' do the Beckams - genius (tho not as good as the George Micheal one - baby!).

Never know
what to expect next from you Dick.
Great collab - so unusual - excellent lyrics/vocals from Graeme as always.
Nice to see you using Logic - sounds good.
Cheers
Len

PS: The stop start position whilst bouncing used to really wind me up too until I saw somewhere that if you set the green 'cycle' area at the top to the start and finish that you want, it will always bounce to that without you having to sod about.

I can see
the wry smile on your face from here with those lyrics and I love it.... great commentary on what happens to the rich and famous. How I wish I'd learned to kick a bag of wind around a field... I could have been rich now. Cheers M

10 years here (at time of writing!) - it doesn't seem that long ago I wrote "it doesn't seem that long ago I wrote 5 years"...
Older but no wiser.
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